"General, we are still seventy miles away from the ruins of Tao Valley."
The army was galloping with lightning speed, and there was still a flat grassland in front of them. The soldiers who were familiar with the terrain suddenly loudly reported to Zhe Yuxun.
"Hey~~~" Zhe Yuxun reined in his horse suddenly and turned to look at Zhe Ziyu. Zhe Ziyu glanced ahead. Although she couldn't see anything, her expression was very complicated, but after only a moment of hesitation, she
He picked up the horse's reins, took the lead to the left, and galloped away.
Zhe Yuxun sighed and rode his horse to follow. The whole army suddenly changed its path.
Zhe Ziyu is already 80% sure that Li Guangrui did not run away in a hurry. He is setting up a trap by the Wuding River, trying to turn defeat into victory. Now she raids Moyunling and burns Li Guangrui's food and grass, just because this is to thwart Li Guangrui's poisonous plan.
The most important part. She is not a god, and she does not know what method to use to rescue Yang Hao. She only knows that the right thing to do now is to seize the opportunity and turn defeat into victory.
On the battlefield, everyone is a chess piece manipulated for the overall outcome. If possible, she would rather sacrifice herself and become the chess piece for Yang Hao. But now Yang Hao is the chess piece and goes directly to save him.
He just committed suicide. Destroying the enemy's food and grass was not the panacea to save Yang Hao, but it was the key to defeating Li Guangrui. She could only make this choice:
"Before receiving news of the arrival of our reinforcements, Yang Hao can still act as a decoy, and Li Guangrui will not attack him. We changed our route halfway and attacked Moyunling by surprise. It will take at least two hours for Li Guangrui to grasp our movements. Wait for him to
Soldiers and horses were mobilized from the ambush site and bypassed
The mountains are sending troops to rescue, but it will take another hour. This time is the key to our army's victory. After the food and grass are burned, maybe one day, maybe two days, no more than three days, Li Guangrui's army will be disintegrated. Then
It's time for us to fight back!
If Luo Dong'er can be asked to mobilize enough men and horses to cooperate, it would be more appropriate for us to make a surprise attack on Moyun Ridge and them to attack the Tao Valley ruins. However, Li Guangrui will definitely send people to monitor the movements in my camp. We have some spare capacity. He has such sufficient manpower.
Just in case, I definitely won’t bring them all out and be so desperate.
With one throw, if all the rest of Yang Hao's troops are swallowed up, Yinzhou will be in danger. In the current situation, after Li Guangrui was led away by us, only the 20,000 soldiers and horses who besieged the city were left in the ruins of Tao Valley. This was Yang Hao's way of breaking through.
The only chance, whether he can succeed or not, is up to fate. God, you are the only one who can help him now."
Zhe Ziyu shouted in her heart, others may be anxious or worried, but no one has endured endless suffering like she does now. Her heart is more painful than Huang Lian, but who can she confide to? She only does
You don't need others to understand what you should do.
She is Zhe Ziyu, the proud Zhe Ziyu. Even if her heart is as painful as a yellow lotus, even if she suffers all the injustices, even if everyone in the world splashes dirty water on her, she will not lower her proud head and show a helpless and sobbing look in front of others.
Weak posture.
Li Guangrui has gathered all the sentinels, he does not want to disturb his big plan just because of a small mistake.
He waited anxiously, waiting for Zhe Yuxun's men to pounce into the trap he had dug. These days Zhe Yuxun had not moved his troops, and he was already impatient. He had already decided that if he waited one more day, if Zhe Yuxun
and the rest of Yang Hao still didn't go
To get reinforcements, first eliminate the trapped remnants of Yang Hao's troops, and then attack Zhe Yuxun with all his strength. If Zhe Yuxun's troops are defeated, they will continue to counterattack and capture Yinzhou first. If Zhe Yuxun and Yang Hao's remaining troops join forces,
After retreating to Yinzhou, we will gallop back to Xiazhou.
The victory of annihilating Yang Hao's troops can temporarily gather the morale of the army, disrupt the pursuit of San Francisco, and return to Xiazhou safely. Strategically speaking, this is the key to regaining control of the overall situation. To be more detailed, he can only fight back
In Xiazhou, only the morale of the army can be used. The whole army is looking forward to returning home. By then, he will definitely be able to retake Xiazhou. After thirty years of hard work, he is still sure of this.
Of course, this is just his worst plan. Zhe Yuxun can no longer hold his temper. He will soon eat him up. Kill Yang Hao, kill Zhe Yuxun, send his troops to Luotuo Ridge, and then eat Yang Chongxun.
, Yinzhou is at your fingertips, Yang Hao is destroyed, and the vitality of Linfu and the two states is severely damaged. Not only is he still the well-deserved king of the northwest, but... his power will be even greater than before, and his power will be at its peak.
"Hehehehe..." Li Guangrui couldn't help but laugh when he thought of his success. At this moment, Zhang Chongwei rushed in at a loss and almost fell to the ground: "My lord, my lord, something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"
"
"Well?"
Li Guangrui's smile froze on his face, and the fat on his face was still full of smiles: "What's the big deal?"
"Yang Hao...Yang Hao! Yang Hao, who was trapped in the ruins of Tao Valley, disappeared, and all his people disappeared."
Li Guangrui pounced on him like a human bear and grabbed him by the collar: "What did you say? Yang Hao disappeared? Thousands of people and horses, how could they disappear? Tell me!"
Zhang Chongwei said tremblingly: "I... I don't know. Yesterday night, I could still see people holding torches on the opposite side. But this morning, under Jun's order, when my subordinates were about to attack the Tao Valley ruins, they discovered that they were over there.
It was extremely quiet, so we sent two men and horses to test the attack, but there was no resistance at all. When we rushed in, we saw thousands of horses parked at the foot of the ridge, and the people... all the people were gone."
Li Guangrui's face suddenly turned as pale as paper. In a moment, a patch of blood spread rapidly from the bottom of his neck upwards, and his entire face turned red and then began to turn purple. His eyes almost ate Zhang Chongwei, which made Zhang Chongwei tremble with horror.
Le Feiyu stepped forward hurriedly and shouted: "Sir, no matter how Yang Hao escapes, he must respond quickly."
Li Guangrui's eyes moved and he pushed Zhang Chongwei forward. Zhang Chongwei took a few steps back and sat down on the ground.
Li Guangrui's face turned livid, with a ferocious light in his eyes, and he shouted sternly: "I don't care how he escaped, at least his reinforcements don't know the news yet. Zhang Chongwei, you go back immediately and pretend to attack the Tao Valley ruins.
You have to bring me Origoshibu and hold him tightly, otherwise...I will peel off your human skin to make a saddle!"
Zhang Chongwei tremblingly agreed, turned around and ran out. Li Guangrui walked quickly outside the tent, looked at the troops gathering in the valley, and murmured: "Yang Hao... Yang Hao... can you fly with wings?"
Go to heaven?"
Zhe Yuxun's troops made a surprise attack on Moyun Ridge, and the men stationed on the pontoon were replaced by Li Yide. Li Yide despised Zhe Yuxun as an ally who did not rescue his own master, but cut off the enemy's food and grass. He even suspected that Zhe Yuxun was an ally.
Did he have evil intentions and wanted to use Li Guangrui's hand to get rid of his own commander? Once the food and grass were burned, the last bit of morale of the Xiazhou Army must have been lost? Did Zhe Yuxun want to use this to become the king of the northwest?
But although there was resentment in their hearts, the enemy was facing them, so they did not act out of spite. When their own family fell apart first. At least, they attacked Moyunling, which could be regarded as supporting them from the side. When Madam led the troops to arrive, the enemy army again
Knowing that the food and grass were burned, perhaps it would be easier to rescue the commander.
The sun has risen, and the first ray of sunshine has just shined on the dew-covered grass. The fog on the river is quickly fading. Li Yide strolled onto the bridge, looking at the north bank, hoping that his wife's reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible, and thinking to himself.
Suddenly someone shouted: "Look, look, there's a lot of driftwood, huh? There are people, more than one person."
Li Yide whipped out his saber and shouted nervously: "Be on guard! Be on guard! Be careful of a surprise attack!"
The soldiers on the bridge and on both sides of the river were on alert with their bows and arrows drawn, and they saw many strange things coming down the river at very fast speeds. Those things followed the rise and fall of the waves, rushing towards them in the fog and shadow, and some of them had already
They crossed the bottom of the bridge and continued to rush downstream quickly, while some scraped against the bridge. A large log was knocked across by the bridge and was carried between the two bridges, blocking many things coming from behind.
Li Yide leaned on the bridge railing and looked down. He saw a person tied to the rotten log. The objects blocked by the log were also people. Some had saddles and many twigs tied to their chests and backs.
On the tree trunks, some had a large bundle of arrow shafts tightly tied in their arms, but all of them were unconscious. Li Yide's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly put away his sword and shouted: "Quick, get this person up quickly.
Come on, come on, come on, use the rifles to form a fence and block the river!"
The brigade of gunmen rushed up to the bridge, and thrust their spears straight into the water, forming an artificial fence. More and more floating objects were blocked by them. Even if the soldiers holding the bridge were supported by the bridge, they felt that
Somewhat unsatisfied, the second row of spears went into the water again. At the same time, many soldiers reached under the bridge with ropes tied to their bodies and began to rescue people.
A strange rescue operation was carried out at Li Yide's camp. People on the bridge formed a long queue. One was pulled up and another was dragged to the shore for emergency rescue. Most of the people were just rolled and washed away by the strong waves. In addition,
The water in the river was still relatively cold, so some people fainted, but there were also a few people who were probably hit by cliffs, rocks, or collisions between big trees while going down the river. Some had broken bones and tendons, and some had suffered critical injuries to their brains.
The unlucky guy, whose head was already like a rotten watermelon, would never come back to life. Very few people drowned directly.
"Sir, I'm awake."
"Sir, this one has been saved too."
The soldiers recognized the rescued person as one of their own by their dress, and spared no effort in rescuing him. Li Yide ordered a commander to say: "Go, prepare hot water and porridge quickly." As he spoke, he walked quickly towards a man who had just woken up.
The soldiers ran away.
The soldier was a blond, blue-eyed alien wanderer. He was carried on his lap just now and spit out a large amount of water. He was then put down on the ground, patted and rubbed. At this time, he woke up and his consciousness gradually became clearer.
, Li Yide quickly rushed to his side and asked urgently: "Which unit are you from, and who do you belong to? Why did you come out of the water?"
The soldier's eyes were still a little straight, so Li Yide knelt down and grabbed him: "I, Li Yide, the dispatcher of Yinzhou, are under the command of Ma Dayuan, a soldier in Longyou, Hexi. Are you one of ours?"
The soldier spoke fluent Chinese, and he couldn't help but grinned when he heard the words "Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses of Hexi Longyou". He patted his chest and mumbled a string of Qiang dialects.
Although Li Yide has lived in the northwest, he is from a large Han family. The upper-class Qiang people he met are all proud of knowing Chinese characters and understanding Chinese. However, he is not proficient in speaking Qiang. Hearing what the man said, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
, hurriedly rushed to another person who had regained consciousness. This person was actually a Han. Once his identity was identified, he immediately grabbed Li Yide's hand and shouted: "The commander has an urgent order, please do not go to the rescue! The commander has an urgent order, please don't go to the rescue!"
Don’t go to the rescue!”
Li Yide said with emotion: "Why don't you go to help?"
Unexpectedly, the man only screamed these two times, and because his physical strength was so weak, he fainted again. Fortunately, more and more people were rescued one after another. Li Yide said something here and there, and finally he gradually got his clues straightened out...
In the ruins of Tao Valley, after midnight, Yang Hao gathered all the people. Every time he spoke, the people around him would pass it on sentence by sentence. The voice was not very loud, and only a few people around him could hear it, so every sentence he said was
There was a long pause.
"Everyone, we are trapped here, and the enemy has not attacked. What's the reason? It's not that their troops are not strong enough to destroy us, but they want to use us as bait to lure our brothers and allies over. Li Guangrui's army
They must be lying in ambush near here!"
"Brothers, so... it is absolutely impossible for us to wait for the reinforcements to come to save us. If the reinforcements don't come, we will die. Once they arrive, it will be our death, and at the same time, it will also be the death of the reinforcements."
"This disaster is God's test for us. After this disaster, we will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory!
"However, the road is boundless, and we may not have a chance of survival. Our chance of survival lies on this Wuding River! Let's dive to survive!"
Yang Hao looked around at the soldiers who had tied up various floating objects on their bodies according to his instructions. Seeing the commotion in the crowd and many people showing anxious expressions, he pressed his hands and whispered: "I know that brothers are all
They are heroes from the north, and most of them don’t know how to swim. Haha, some brothers may have never had a few baths in their lives, and they are all a little afraid of water. But no matter how ferocious the water is, can it be more ferocious than the tens of thousands of enemy troops outside us?"
He suppressed his smile and added: "Brothers, don't forget that I am the reincarnation of Gangjin Gongbao. Gangjin Gongbao, in our Chinese, is Guanyin Bodhisattva. Where does Guanyin Bodhisattva live? He lives in the South China Sea, the sea.
, but it is a land of water. Perhaps brothers have heard that I was born in response to the auspiciousness of water. This water is very harmful to others, but for me, when I encounter water, I live, and when I encounter wood, I live. Yes.
God bless you, what do you have to fear, brothers?"
There are many great principles for people of this era, but a few words of gods and ghosts are more instigating and inspiring. As soon as Yang Hao said these few words, the soldiers immediately became quiet, and their faces showed a look of joy.
"Listen, everyone, try to tie up floating objects in front of and behind you. The weather in April is not very cold now, but it has rained heavily in the past two days. The cold in the water is not easy to bear. You must wear clothes.
Tie them as tightly as possible. Even if they are soaked by water, they will keep you warmer than being naked. Try to tie the leather armor to the vital parts of the head and abdomen. The water flow is too fast, and collisions are inevitable when going down the river. After a while, the food will be distributed and a few more horses will be killed.
, drink some horse blood to warm your stomach."
"Everyone, remember one thing. After you go down the river and break through the siege at night, brothers should try to get closer to the north bank. After landing, rush to Yinzhou. If you can't reach the shore for a while, don't worry. There are always places where the water flow is gentle, not to mention Li Guangrui is here
This ambush means that we have reinforcements crossing the river. They will definitely build a bridge and prepare a retreat. There must be defenders at the bridge and they will fish us out."
"The last two points must be remembered. This is a crucial matter. No matter who sees our people, they must tell them immediately not to go for reinforcements. We are out of trouble. If reinforcements have been sent out, they must immediately tell them.
Chase back, this is a trap and an ambush!"
"Secondly, most of our six thousand soldiers and horses escaped from the waterway safely, but when they went down the river, they would inevitably be scattered. In addition, without the horses and only walking on two legs, I would not dare to
Promise to rush back to the military camp first. No matter who you are, you will be the first to find our people.
, be sure to tell Mr. Li Yide that I have re-erected my flag in a hurry. Regardless of whether I am here or not, I must make a big fanfare and create the impression that I have returned to camp. This is Li Guangrui's last ditch effort. I will return safely.
Camp, the last bit of his arrogance is about to be knocked out!"
"Okay! Now stay quiet and follow me to the north cliff one by one."
The available binding objects, including belts and horse reins, were used to tie up floating objects. Ropes could no longer be tied to the edge of the cliff, and there were many cumbersome objects tied to the body, including even a large piece of rotten beam.
It was too difficult to descend by rope, and all these thousands of men and horses had to enter the water before dawn to prevent being discovered by the enemy. If they looked at the river and shot arrows, the casualties would be doubled.
However, the lowest place they found was about six feet away from the river. These soldiers climbed up a ladder several feet high and looked at the tower as if they were walking on flat ground. However, if they were asked to jump down in the dark night and it was difficult to see their faces, they could only
The sound of the roaring Wuding River is heard, but many soldiers who are not afraid of swords, guns, and life and death cannot do it.
Many of them have never had a few baths in their lives, let alone splashing in the water. A warrior who dares to face thousands of horses and thousands of troops has clearly put life and death at risk, but is afraid of something inexplicable. This fear is certainly inexplicable.
, but this instinctive fear comes out of nowhere.
Seeing the soldiers frozen by the river, not daring to jump, Yang Hao raised his eyebrows and ordered Mu Yu: "Xiaoyu, you postpone the formation and lead my own soldiers to supervise the jumping team until the end. Anyone who dares not to jump will be fired.
Kill without mercy!"
Yang Hao turned around and said to the soldiers: "Brothers, try to stay calm when immersed in the water, hold your breath, it's just diving, it's nothing special. I jump first, it belongs to my brother, follow me!"
Yang Hao walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off first. He fell into the deep river with a thud. Although he had been prepared, it was so dark that it was difficult to see. He could not grasp the exact time of falling into the water, and he suddenly sank.
After entering the water, he almost took a sip of river water. He held his breath. When he came out of the water, he immediately paddled vigorously, holding on to prevent himself from floating too fast with the current. He raised his head and shouted to the cliff: "Brothers
, I am safe and sound, everyone goes into the water!"
Mu Yu took advantage of the situation and shouted to the guards he arranged: "If the commander jumps, let's jump too. We are all men with eggs, and there are no pretenders."
The soldiers in front were already eager to try, but they were pushed forward by Mu Yu's people. When they pushed forward, the soldiers fell into the river like dumplings.
"Take your time, take your time, jump in batches, don't bump into your brothers."
Commander Li saw that the people in front had already raised their heads, so he stepped out to maintain order. Just like this, batches of soldiers jumped into the water in an orderly manner. By the time the sun rose in the east, the ruins of Tao Valley had been deserted.
After Li Yide figured out what happened, he was stunned for a long time, suddenly jumped three feet and shouted: "The commander-in-chief jumped down first? What about the others?"
The sun was about to rise above his head, and Li Guangrui's heart was in his throat.
Zhe Yuxun's men and horses have not arrived yet. He is running a long distance to maintain his power? Judging from the time, even if he is walking slowly, he should have arrived by now. Could it be that he discovered something and withdrew his troops again? "
Li Guangrui couldn't hold himself back, and finally sent out detective horses to take the risk to investigate. The first batch of detective horses was sent out, but there was no reply for a long time. Li Guangrui sent out three more batches of detective horses, but no news has been received until now.
"Someone is back." There was a commotion among the generals around him, and they saw a horse galloping into the valley. Li Guangrui couldn't hold it back and immediately stepped forward to meet it.
"Sir, I've been patrolling all the way, and I haven't seen any trace of the enemy for thirty miles. The other brothers continue to explore. I'll come back first to report to you."
"There is still no trace of the enemy thirty miles away?" All the generals under Li Guangrui looked at each other in shock and confusion.
The shadow has shrunk to the feet, the sun has risen above the head, and another horse gallops back: "Report, sir, I went seventy miles away and found a large number of horse hoof prints turning there, pointing diagonally to the southwest. I inspected the horses.
The troops were divided into two groups, one following the enemy's tracks and the other continuing to explore."
"Turn to the southwest seventy miles away... Turn to the southwest seventy miles away..." Li Guangrui muttered to himself, his eyes full of suspicion.
Suddenly, the fat all over his body trembled violently, he clenched his fists and shouted: "The whole army is dispatched to support Moyunling. Quick! Quick! Use the fastest speed to mobilize the troops out of the mountain!"
After saying this, Li Guangrui turned around and left, followed hurriedly by Le Feiyu. Li Guangrui staggered back to the tent. He just reached out and grabbed the saber hanging on the wall, and a mouthful of blood spurted out with a loud sound. Le Fei
Yu supported him and said worriedly: "Sir, you..."
Li Guangrui wiped the blood from his lips with the sleeve of his robe, and a strange blush appeared on his face. He grabbed Le Feiyu's skinny arm with his backhand and said with a sinister smile: "I, Li Guangrui, have survived many storms and waves. I will never be defeated.
People can defeat me!"
Li Guangrui put the sword on his shoulder, strode out of the tent, and shouted angrily: "Come here, order Zhang Chongwei's troops to go down the river immediately, cut off the enemy's water channel, and block their retreat. I, the commander, will lead the army personally. I must capture all of Yuxun's troops."